leukaemia or esp US leukemia [loo-kee-mee-a]
leukaemia
Noun
an acute or chronic disease characterized by extreme overproduction of white blood cells [Greek leukos white + haima blood]
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| Noun | 1. |  leukaemia - malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancercancer, malignant neoplastic disease - any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream acute leukemia - rapidly progressing leukemia chronic leukemia - slowly progressing leukemia lymphocytic leukemia - leukemia characterized by enlargement of lymphoid tissues and lymphocytic cells in the circulating blood histiocytic leukaemia, histiocytic leukemia, monoblastic leukaemia, monoblastic leukemia, monocytic leukaemia, monocytic leukemia - leukemia characterized by the proliferation of monocytes and monoblasts in the blood myeloblastic leukemia - a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by numerous myeloblasts in the blood stream granulocytic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia - a malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; marked by proliferation of myelocytes and their presence in the blood |
Translations
n leukaemia [luːˈkiːmiə]
a disease that causes white blood cells to multiply abnormally in the body. leukemie لوكيميا: سَرَطان الدَّم левкемия leukémie leukæmi die Leukämie λευχαιμία leucemia leukeemia سرطان خون leukemia leucémie לוּיקמיָה, סַרטַן הַדָם श्वेतरक्तता leukemija leukémia, fehérvérűség leukemia hvítblæði leucemia 白血病 백혈병 leukozė, baltakraujystė leikēmija, bālasinība leukemia leukemie leukemi, blodkreft białaczka leucemia leucemie лейкемия leukémia levkemija leukemija leukemi โรคชนิดหนึ่งที่มีเม็ดโลหิตขาวผิดปกติ lösemi, kan kanseri 白血病 лейкемія خون کا سرطان bệnh bạch cầu 白血病
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